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TIL in 29 US States children can legally be held financially liable for their parent’s medical debt

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m10xp TIL of the curb cut effect, which describes the phenomenon of accessibility features designed for the disabled benefitting those without a disability. An example is many hearing people used closed captioning.
xjEg TIL that a blackberry has only one calorie.
OGQ84 TIL the piano part in BTO's "Taking' Care of Business" was peformed by a pizza delivery guy who happened to be in the studio.
KKv6 TIL Chrysler offered Bruce Springsteen $12 million to use “Born in the U.S.A.” in an ad campaign. Springsteen turned them down and has still never let his music be used to sell products.
Oo4j7 TIL That Mississippi Officially Abolished Slavery and Ratified 13th Amendment....in 2013